Date: Tue, 4 Feb 92 08:30:47 EST
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: SORROW%MAPLE DOT decnet AT pine DOT circa DOT ufl DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Recompiling DJGPP with itself
Status: O

>Granted that gcc can't produce 16-bit code, why can't djgpp recompile
>itself for protected mode?  I mean, a djgpp/386 so to speak?

The compiler, linker, etc *are* compiled with themselves.  They have
to be, since they also require a 32-bit environment.  The only program
that can't be recompiled with gcc is the extender itself - the part
that interfaces to the 16-bit world.

DJ
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